Five men were shot – two mortally – in Washington, DC Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The shooting was reported in corner of O Street NW and North Capitol Street, just north of New York Avenue in Truxton Circle.
District of Columbia Police and DC Fire & EMS officers were called to the scene. area for Report of several people fired. The units arrived shortly after 12:45 and found several people fired in in street.
Two men were announced dead in place and three men took yourself to the hospital.
Scene on bright block of area near the homeless program So Others Might Eat and a bilingual charter school. You could see how the parents collected up students around 14:00
Associate Executive Director Ashon Benedict described area like ‘open air medicine marketwhich are regularly patrolled by the police.
police cordoned off off in area while they are investigating. It wasn’t immediately clear if they had a suspect.
Several streets were closed off around the scene of the shooting, the police said: First Street NW between O and P streets and the 1300 block. of N. Stolichnaya st. Metrobus routes are subject to change until further notice.
There was not a word on what could lead up to shooting.
night, another deadly the shooting took place around half-block from.
In that incident 25-year- The old man died and the woman was wounded on Florida Avenue and N. Capitol Street. It is unknown if these shootings may be related.
As long as it’s year136 people died in killings in county compared to 131 people at the moment last yearThis is evidenced by the data of the Metropolitan Police Department. Generally violent crime is up 2% and attacks with dangerous weapon down eleven%.
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